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Wendi Messer isn’t called “Hoss” without reason. With Campbellsville University’s win streak on the line at Georgetown College on Saturday, Messer hit three clutch 3-pointers en route to a 73-62 victory.

Trailing 55-52 with 7:10 to play, Messer keyed up a trey from the left wing to tie the game and went on to score nine of the Lady Tigers’ next 12 points that gave Campbellsville a seven-point (64-57) lead.

John “J.B.” Holmes will start his fifth season on The PGA TOUR next week in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif.

The Taylor County High School graduate and former University of Kentucky All-American, who won the FBR Open (now the Waste Management Phoenix Open) twice (2006 and 2008), has earned $5,747,484 ($1,487,604 in 2006, $874,216 in 2007, $2,166,131 in 2008 and $1,219,534 in 2009) as a professional and currently ranks 139th on the World Golf Ranking list since he will not have played in the first four tournaments.

Although leading scorer Bryton Taylor played, despite being under the weather and not scoring, Campbellsville had little trouble in disposing of Hart County 65-43 on Tuesday night in Munfordville.

The Eagles led by as many as 30 (61-31) and were paced by seniors Thomas Downs and Aaron Schwoebel and juniors Matthew Davis and Jordan Percell. Downs had 15 points and nine rebounds while Schwoebel had 12 points and eight boards. Davis totaled 14 points while Percell had 11 points and seven caroms.

JaVaughn Espritt took the opening tip from Nestor Colmenares and quickly gave Campbellsville University a 2-0 lead Saturday, a lead it never gave up, as the Tigers downed visiting Olivet Nazarene University 79-55 in the final non-conference game of the season.

The win ended a five-game win streak for Olivet Nazarene and answered a CU loss on Dec. 5 at ONU, 78-63.

Campbellsville shot 63.6 percent in the first half (14-22) and carried a 38-20 lead into halftime with Espritt and Colmenares leading the way in the post with nine points each.